Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was a really nice, low key day for us.  We honestly didn't know what we were doing because this is the first year since I've lived in Alabama that I haven't been in Kentucky for Thanksgiving.  So I felt out of sorts in planning.  Travis' mom had to go to work (at Walmart) at 3:30, so we just decided to have everyone here since it's closer for his mom anyway.  The kids played.  We ate a lot.  The weather was beautiful.  I was overwhelmed about figuring out carbs for Thanksgiving.  It sucked the fun out of it to me, but Travis completely did all of that.  It was actually nice making the food and it just being our immediate family because it wasn't a big deal to find out who put what in what.  Sage did great on Thanksgiving and ate whatever she wanted.  It really irritates me when people have cake or candy or whatever and say, "I know Sage can't have this."  That would be false.  Our pantry is full of Reese cups that she has pretty much every day after dinner.  Sage can eat anything you can.  We just have to know what's in it or have a pretty good idea at guessing. Jaggar couldn't remember to say "Happy Thanksgiving," so he just ran through the house saying, "Happy Birthday!" 

The weather was so perfect that the kids ate outside, which was awesome.  Way less mess to clean up especially since Jaggar thought it'd be a riot to throw food at Kylie.  A few warnings that didn't seem to matter and he got a spanking.

 Tim, who I have no clue what he's looking at, Meagan and Nevaeh.  If you could see Travis' sister's daughter, Sarah, you would think it was the same kid from when she was a baby.  It's crazy to see how much they look alike.

 Eletha in our messy kitchen.

 Meagan and Grandmother, as she's called

 Every child loves Tim.  They get so wild when he's around because he chases them, and they think it's the greatest thing in the world.

 The kids played really well together.  Jaggar loves Kylie so much.

 Meagan and her husband, Chase

 A rare actual picture from a camera of Travis and me together

 It's weird to think that this is our last holiday shot of us as just 4.

 Travis and his mom

 Travis takes pictures like this to prove a point of me "always being on my phone."

 My chocolate lover.  Sage only requested chocolate cake for dessert.  So Travis just went and got her those individual slices sold in the bakery.  One big slice had two servings, so she had one and was saving the other for later.  Only someone else got to it first.

 I don't question him most of the time.  He does what he does.

 Travis and I had been scouring the ads that morning, and I didn't see anything I was willing to go out for on Black...Thursday (now it seems apparently), but Travis LOVES to do it.  We did want a flat screen for our front living room to mount on the wall.  Target had one for $147, and Travis managed to get it.  He was SO thrilled with himself.  It was one of their main doorbusters on the front page of the ad, and he reveled in the fact that people were stopping him to see if they had anymore anywhere.  I had a lot of fun at Target with mom on Black Friday last year, and I would have liked to have gone with him since there was nothing I was desperate for (otherwise I'd prob get arrested), but we didn't have a sitter.  He did pick up the TV though and the $5 pj sets for the kids, so I'd say we were successful.  Or HE was successful.  Jaggar literally carried a Petsmart ad around the entire day because it had Rudolph dog toys, so Santa MAY be bringing the dogs some Rudolph toys that the dogs will inevitably never see because Jaggar will claim them.

 At least Jaggar is consistent

 They love each other.